Craig Livermore writes: The Supreme Court has in the past several weeks granted certiorari in two cases involving the rights of juveniles in police interrogations in the school setting. In Greene v. Camreta, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the interrogation of a juvenile by police authorities in the school setting in the absence…
Category: Youth & Schools
Teen avoids criminal record for ‘humiliating’ secret sex tape
Daryl Slade reports: A teenager who subjected his girlfriend to what she called “the most horrifying degradation and humiliation I believe I will ever feel” by secretly taping them having sex will escape the stigma of a criminal record. The University of Alberta student pleaded guilty last month to voyeurism for using a friend’s webcam…
Texas school districts weigh privacy vs. security concerns with school cameras
Katherine Leal Unmuth reports: Ever wonder who’s watching the kids? In several school districts across North Texas, thousands of security cameras monitor students during the school day, in an effort to keep campuses safe. As some school districts bulk up the number of cameras in schools, others are questioning access among administrators, security officers and…
Students are not required by law to use Turnitin.com
Emily Jackson reports: According to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), students are not required by law to use Turnitin.com. Professors often require students to submit papers to this site to detect plagiarized work, but students are not legally required to do so. FERPA declares that student submissions must be voluntary. However, once…